Ironing table



Oct. 30, 1928. 1,689,887

w. c. MOORS IRONING TABLE Origina l Filed March 1925 transportation,

Patented a. 30, 1928.

WALTER e. MOQRS, 0F ownnsnono, KENTUCKY; WALTER Y.

PATENT 'OFFICEQ MOORS, ADMINISTRATOR 'OF SAID WALTER C. MOORS,'DECEASED,ASSIGNOR TO SUE Y. MOORS, 0F OWENS- Bono, KENTUCKY, r

Application filed March 3, 1925, Serial No. 12.936.

in combination with novel supporting. means therefor, and enabling thestructure to be compactly folded together for storage or Anotherobjectof the invention is the provision of separate means for supportingthe opposite end portions of the board, the supporting means at one endof the board being capable of supporting the entire board, and the othersupporting meansjbeing movable out ofand into engagement with the boardin order that clothes may be slipped over and off the boardconveniently. .A further object is the provision of an ironing table ofthe character indicated comprising a novel combination and arrangement(of the component elements, in

order thatfthe table will beconvenient, practical and QlTlClGIlt in use.r

\Vith the foregoing and other ob ects in view, which will be apparent asthe description proceeds, the inventionresides in the construction andarrangement of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, itbeingunderstood that changes can be made within the scope of what isclaimed,without de} parting from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the ac;

companying drawings, wherein a Figure 1 is a side elevation of thetable.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the table when folded, in invertedposition.

The table top comprises an ironingboard 7 of suitable size, which issupportedabove a base 8 that rests on the floor. The base is composed ofa pair of parallel longitudi nal bars or beams 9, and cross bars 10, 11and 12 secured to and across the lower edges of the bars9. The crossbars 10 and 12 are at the rear and forward ends of the longitudinal bars9, and the bar 11 is located near the rear end bar 10. Said crossbars10, 11 and 12 have their terminals projectingbevond the bars 9 in orderto prevent the table from tilting side-wise, and are also preferablyprovided with rounded studs 13 to bear on the floor.

Two pairs of legs Hand l5 supp ort the rear or butt end portion of theboard from the base, said legs or supports crossing one another, andthelegs l land at each side IRONING TABLE.

Renewed March 26, 1928.

legs 15 overlap the bars 9 at the outer sides thereof and above thecross bar 10, and said 'legs 15 are pivoted, as at 17, to the rearendportions of said bars 9.

The legs 14 are disposed at the outer sides of the legs 15 and arehingedly connected at their upper ends with the rear end portion of theboard 7. Thus, a transverse cleat .18 is secured to the bottom surfaceof the board 7 near the rear end of the board, and has outstandingtrunmons 19 at its ends fitted in aperturesin theupper end portions ofthe legs 14.; A cross bar 20 is secured to the forward edges of the legs14 to hold them on the studs or trunnions19. The lower ends of the legs14. have notrhes 21 to engage over the rear' edge oi the cross bar 11,and a crossbar 2:2- rs 1 secured to the upper end portions of the cgs ofthe, board above the cross bar 11.

A pair of legs or supports 23 is provided to support the forward orsmaller tion of the board, the lower end portions'of the legs 23overlappingthe forward end portions ofthe bars 9 at the inner sides ofsaid bars, and being pivotedto said bars, as at .2 1. A cross bar 25 issecured to the upper end portions of the legs 23 and serve as a yoke toconnect said legs. alsoadapted to in swinging the legs '23 to uprightposition.

are of a length slightly The cleats 26 and 27 less than the distancebetween the legs 23 so that said cleats may bedisposcd between saidlegs.

YVhen the table'is erected, the top or board ,7 is supported in asubstantial manner by the legs so as to be capable of receivingconsiderable pressure without yielding, both the forward and rear endsof theboard being supported directly underfieath thesame.

By slightly raising the forward end of the.

board 7, the front legs-93 may be swung,

preferably forwardly as seen in dotted lines 15 to contact with thebottom surface end por' Said bar 25 is V contact with the bottomsurfac'e'fof the boardat the forward end oi I secured to the bottomsurface ofthe in Fig. 1, away and spaced from the board to permitclothes to he slipped over and otl' the board conveniently. The boa-rd,it will be noted, is not encumbered between the front and rear legs, sothat clothes being ironed may pass around the board and underneath thesame. When the front legs are released from the heard, the rear legs 14;and 15 will. support the board until the front legs are again swung toupright position, the bar 25 readily passing under either cleat 26 or 27to engage in the groove between said cleats. The rear legs, 1.4 and 15occupy very title space longitiulinally of the table, when the table iserected, but saidlegs will nevertheless sup giort the board ell'ectivclywhile the front legs 21'} are disengagedt'rom the boaial, such as whenplacing clothes on or removing them from the boa-rd.

\Yhen folding the table, the board is swung upwardly to disengage thecleats 2t} and 27 from the bar 255. and the legs :23 are then swungdownwardly between the bars t) the cross bar being secured to theforward edges oi the legs 23 so as to be disposed above the upper edgesof the bars 9. By moving the board rearwardly slightly, the lower endsof the legs i l are readily disengaged from the bar l1 and the legs lland 15 may then be folded forwardly, the legs 15 swinging forwardly anddownwardly against the outer sides of the bars 9, and the legs 14:swinging in reverse directions to positions along the outer sides of thelegs 15. The legs ll, 15 and 23 and bars 9 therefore hold to ether sideby side in a common plane. lhe pivots 16 of the rear legs are nearer thelower ends of Silit'l legs than the upper ends thereot dn order thatwhen the table is folded. the cleat 18 will be loated beyond the rearends of the bars 5) as seen in Fig. 3. The bar 20 secured to the forwardedges of the legs 1% and the bar 22 is secured to the r ar edges of thelegs 1.4, so that said bars will be disposed above and across the upperedges of the bars 9. The table can therefor be folded for compactstorage or shipment.

Leases? Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as newis 1. An ironing table comprising a base, a board, Stl1 3POll1l1g meansfor one end portion of the board connected with the base and toldableadjacentto the base, other supporting means hingedly mounted on the baseto be disposed under the other end portion of the board, the first namedsupporting means having a l'iinge connection with the board to enablethe board to be swung upward ly and also having a portion between saidhinge connection and secondnamed supporting means on which the board isscat able to support the board even thougl'i the sccoinlnainedsupporting means is dis engaged from the board, the secondnamcdsupporting nuanisl'iavingacross bar at its upper end, and a pair olspaced transverse cleats secured to the bottom surface of the board toreceive said cross bar between them and having their opposite sidesbevelled to enable the cross bar to pass readily under either cleat to aposition between the cleats, the

secoinlnamed supporting means being free to swing either out ard'l 'ybeyond the corresponding end of the board or inwardly adjacent to thebase under the board when said cleats are disengaged from said crossbar, the board when swung upwardly on the hinge connection beingremovable l rom said portion ot the tirstnamed supporting means and fromsaid cross bar.

2. An ironing table comprising a base having longitudinal bars and crossbars below and secured to said longitudinal bars. and supports crossingone another and pivotally connected, one support being hingedlyconnected to the longitudinal bars of the base and having a portion atits upper end to contact with the bottom of the board, the other supportl'ieing hingedly connected to the board and having notches at its lowerend to engage one of said cross bars.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature.

\VALTER (,7. MOORS.

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